"Alternative" can't really exist, because the alternative to an alternative is an alternative. What is it alternative to? Mainstream music? What about when mainstream music becomes alternative? What about when alternative becomes mainstream? And so on.
I never really hear anyone use that word anyway (besides Alternative Press, who are VERY similiar to a magazine like Spin, so again, why are they the alternative of?), it was a buzz word like grunge back in the 90's.
There is no such thing as an underground either, because almost everything you want is just a mouse click away.
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